Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 250 - Gasoline and Motor Oil Sales
Section 14-327e. - Hearing. Refusal to issue certificate of registration. Revocation or suspension of certificate of registration. Violations. Civil penalty.

(a) The commissioner, after a hearing in accordance with chapter 54, may refuse to issue, revoke or suspend any certificate of registration issued to a distributor if the distributor does any of the following:

(1) Misleads, deceives or defrauds the public or the commissioner;
(2) Sells or attempts to sell any motor fuel which is not registered pursuant to sections 14-327a to 14-327e, inclusive, or a motor fuel which is registered but does not conform to the standards of such registration; or
(3) Violates any of the provisions of sections 14-327a to 14-327e, inclusive, or any regulation established thereunder.
(b) The commissioner, after a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, may impose a civil penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars per day for any violation of sections 14-327a to 14-327e, inclusive, or any regulation adopted thereunder. Such civil penalty may be imposed in addition to any action taken under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The commissioner may issue stop sale orders with respect to any motor fuel sold, offered for sale or intended to be sold to the public which does not conform to any registration or to any standards established by sections 14-327a to 14-327e, inclusive, or the regulations adopted thereunder. No person shall sell or offer to sell any motor fuel in violation of the terms of such stop sale order.
(d) The Attorney General, at the request of the commissioner is authorized to apply to the Superior Court for an order temporarily or permanently restraining and enjoining any person from violating any provision of sections 14-327a to 14-327e, inclusive, or from violating or refusing to comply with any order, stop sale order or civil penalty issued by the commissioner pursuant to sections 14-327a to 14-327e, inclusive.
(P.A. 91-322, S. 5.)

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